Eleven (11) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- Fifteen (15) Producing Wells Completed -- XTO With Two Very Nice Wells

Active rigs: 183 (trending down, quickly)

Eleven (11) new permits --

• Operators: OXY USA (4), EOG (2), North Plains (2), Legacy (2), Fidelity
• Fields: Red Rock (Bottineau), Parshall (Mountrail), Sioux Trail (Divide), Cabernet (Dunn), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Sanish (Mountrail)
• Comments: Nice to see OXY USA activity
  

Wells coming off confidential list were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Lots of activity today.

Fifteen (15) producing wells completed:

• 23081, 1,293, Whiting, Sondrol 11-3H, Bully, t4/13; cum --
• 23823, 920, Hess, EN-State D 154-93-2635H-2, Robinson Lake, t5/13; cum --
• 23129, 943, Hess, SC-Norman 154-98-3130H-3, Truax, t5/13; cum --
• 23571, 1,290, Hess, AN-Bohmbach 153-94-2734H-3, Antelope, t5/13; cum --
• 24184, 1,726, Whiting, Sondrol 11-3-2H, Bully, t4/13; cum --
• 23082, 438, Whiting, Sondrol 11-3TFH, Bully, t4/13; cum --
• 20503, 560, XTO, Wood 21X-25B, Truax, t4/13; cum --
• 20250, 1,944, XTO, Wayne 34X-34F, West Capa, t3/13; cum 9K 3/13;
• 23469, 3,146, XTO, Lawlar 41-15SEH, North Tobacco Garden, t4/13; cum --
• 22366, 1,336, Hess, HA-Swenson 152-95-1819H-3, Hawkeye, t5/13; cum --
• 23370, 597, CLR, Atlanta 3-6H, Baker, 4-section spacing, t4/13; cum --
• 05579, 33, Enduro, Engebretson 8-9, Little Deep Creek, a Madison well; t5/75; cum 53K 3/13;
• 22635, 1,114, Hess, HA-Swenson-152-95-1819H-5, Hawkeye, t5/13; cum --
• 23833, 2,653, XTO, Lundin 44X-11C, Siverston, t4/13; cum --
• 23815, 134, Corinthian, Corinthian Backman 4-35 1H, North Souris, a Spearfish well; t5/13; cum -  

Surge Energy cancelled eight (8) permits in Bottineau County (three Haram wells, and five Scandia wells). See discussion here; this probably has to do with Surge selling its North Dakota operations and nothing to do with potential of this area.